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Formula One driver Jules Bianchi has died in a French hospital from head injuries sustained in a crash at last year's Japanese Grand Prix. He was 25. The Bianchi family announced the death in a statement issued in the early hours of Saturday morning. Bianchi had been in a coma since the Oct. 5 accident, in which he collided at high speed with a mobile crane which was being used to pick up another crashed car. The family statement said: "Jules fought right to the very end, as he always did, but today his battle came to an end. The pain we feel is immense and indescribable." Bianchi competed in 34 races over the 2013 and 2014 seasons, scoring the first ever...

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